<br /> <p>Jos Bakker was on holiday in Kenya when he came across an incredibly rare sight: a massive rock python swallowing a hyena.</p><p>The epic encounter was seen on the side of a road in the Masai Mara reserve. Researchers in the area were alerted to the incident, National Geographic said</a>, and were able to track down the snake as it began the slow process of digesting its giant meal.</p><br /><p>Mike Kowalski</a>, one of the researchers who found the snake, said it was very rare that a python would tackle prey as dangerous to it as a large hyena, whose jaws would easily be able to crush its skull. “To my knowledge there has been no precedent for this in terms of documentation,” Kowalski told National Geographic.</p><br /><p>Bakker told Storyful that he couldn’t believe his eyes. It’s not hard to see why. Credit: Jos Bakker</p><br />
